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Unless anyone knows another reason for this impressive increase in comments? Seems to roughly coincide with Sync launching. If thats the case, just goes to show the importance of good third party apps.
Source: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats
EDIT: Looks like a confusingly labeled graph and I think this is total comments. I have no idea why that spike could exist though.
I'm gonna blame it on all the sync haters just commenting about how sync sucks and why FOSS is so much better.
So, should we thank them?
I used Sync for Reddit for about 10 years but with the switch to the Fediverse I've adopted more of a FOSS mindset.
My initial reaction was vitriolic for no other reason than being disappointed due to my own expectations. I'm sure it's still a great app and I still absolutely appreciate and respect lj; it's just not for me anymore. But that doesn't give me the right to force my opinion on others.
Ultimately I'm just happy we're growing and I believe that's what we should be focussing on.
Top 6 app behind X (still can't get used to that stupid name) and before Facebook lite... not bad
Just call it Twitter like everyone else lol.
A. It's more convenient and clear. B. It will probably piss off Musk.
Now B is a cause I can get behind...
It's currently #10 in the Google Play store, under the "social" category. (First is TikTok.) 
There was a surge when Reddit killed 3rd Party Apps, and another when Sync arrived. (EDIT 2: Actually, this latest surge is on July 30-31... A day or two before Sync. It might be botspam.)
One nice thing about Lemmy's growth, compared to Mastodon... The people who came here appear to be sticking around & continuing to comment.
EDIT: One thing to note about total user counts here... They can be misleading. There have been a few instances that were flooded with bot accounts that got purged over the last month or two.
I think itβs a good sign people are sticking around. A lot of people joined mastodon and instantly left because it was too much to figure out how to use. Lemmy is a lot better in its current state than where mastodon was during the first mass migrations.
I also think mastadon was trying to replace Facebook and twitter. A generalized assumption of those users is a lack of technical familiarity. Lemmy is the reddit alternative, and the users there tend to be way more technically proficient, or at least willing to learn.
Not surprising. Sync has made Lemmy a near-seamless change for me.
Sync was Reddit for me. So when Reddit decided to end all 3rd party apps, it was also the end of Reddit for me. Now with Sync for Lemmy it feels like I can pick off exactly where I left off and it feels great. Maybe even slightly better, because it feels like more people are interested in the comments you write and more of them interact with you.
Same except for Apollo on iOS.
Glad to be here. Everything feels less shill-y and spammy. No more 500 of the same shitty comments in every thread
3.9 million of those comments are people complaining about the price or that it's not FOSS.
Think a fair few comments on it's price is warranted considering it's 25 USD (where historically sync for reddit was significantly cheaper)
Its almost like having good third party apps can benefit a community! Who would have ever seen this coming! I sure didnt!
+1 from Infinity
Yeah, but 2 million of those comments where "Yay, Sync!" and the other 2 million were "REEE, Sync!"
Lemmy has become my main social media app already. Mastodon is painful to use for me. I just don't like the Twitter format, and the lack of algo is unbearable.
Lol yeah I agree with Mastodon. I checked it out and it's like...yep looks like Twitter, and I fucking hate Twitter, just feels like some weird celebrity and brand worship platform. The focus on Lemmy/Reddit at least is the content, and nobody really cares who posted or created it for the most part. Everyone is equal and content speaks for itself, it's a far nicer concept to me.
This is me. I don't know why I thought Mastodon would click for me when Twitter never did. I can't bring myself to yell into the void. Maybe I'm just doing it wrong, idk. Much happier here.
I still don't know how this all works, but I'll just keep blindly using it because I like Sync, and Laurence deserves our support.
You'll catch on. It's just like using Reddit, except each subreddit includes a web address in the name. Other than that, it's mostly the same.
I actually switched to sync too. But still think the prices are nuts and they need to come down for me to pay for it.
it's people arguing about whether or not they use sync
.. honestly tho I wouldn't be surprised, I'm using it a lot more now π€·ββοΈ
I would suspect it is another burst of Reddit users. I've just joined from Reddit because the third party app I used there (RiF) has stopped working this week. I can't have been the only one whose app had zombied along for a month, died and then left me googling for Reddit alternatives.
Well the sole reason now my account exists and has so many replies is coz of sync.
I'm using something called connect. I'm not sure why I picked this one but it works quite well. Is sync so much better? The hype around it is so impressive I feel I must be missing something.
It's a very emotional thing for many of us. I've beed using reddit on sync exclusively, I just couldn't be arsed to use the web version any more.
So when they killed third party apps, reddit was dead to me. Not only because of the terrible user experience of the web site and official app, but mostly because of the way they treated the developers after all those years.
After the lemmy version came out, I opened it up and everything was back to normal (except for the missing content).
I'm really hoping that the devs of other apps succeed in the transition as well and they manage to get a good portion of their users to join as well.
As for the FOSS fundamentalists: I really don't get it. I've worked on open source projects in the past, when I felt I could contribute. I don't get all the hate being directed towards sync though. You like your FOSS-app? Great! I prefer sync and I'm happy to support the author.
Boost for reddit is also releasing soon, expect this chart to blow up once again.
I'm on lemmy significantly more since the sync launch. Both jerboa and liftoff were pretty half baked in comparison... Really hoping more people from Reddit will join
Same boat as you, used to encounter multiple bugs and crashes with Jerboa... Since switching to Sync I haven't encountered a single crash.
I really like how it auto translates links to comments on other instances and has lots of other small QoL features that show the dev really cares about the app.
Other users who are just choosing apps by how the UI looks and Lemmy's stock features have missed a lot of the things that make Sync stand out π€·ββοΈ I've customised mine to resemble Infinity (the app I used for reddit) and I'm pretty damn satisfied rn with the gestures, performance and much longer battery life when browsing.
On my side (writing from Sync) I was using Native A and basically using the web version of Lemmy, and when I clicked on a post it meant going all the way up and losing where I was in my feed, so I stop responding for a long time
Checks out tbh. Around 90% of the web's overall traffic is viewed from tablets and mobile devices. Having a good mobile/app experience is essential for user traffic - how many of us are on the web while in bed, on the toilet, eating breakfast, half-watching TV, on break at work, etc...?
I tried using Liftoff and Connect. For whatever reason they didn't recognize my login 99% of the time. So far Sync works well and actually allows me to comment.
Yeah, I feel right at home since I started using Sync. I also try to be more active to improve Lemmy in general. I wish I could create threads but the function is not working for me.
It's not only because of Sync alot of other FOSS apps were released or got an update around the same time.
I would love to have the designer of RIF put their talents back in to making something that works out here free from the matrix.
I'm certainly here after that
Honestly, I learned that I like how sync presents content to me,and it's really less about what site it's for
I was skeptical when people were saying "just wait until sync launches". I've been using Lemmy since the blackout and feel like there has been a noticeable jump in the quality and quantity of comments in the last few days. I'm not actually a fan of the app (Voyager and Summit are my favourites, Summit has the edge just now), but whatever the reason I'm pretty happy.
I was using Jerboa before and was unable to comment. So yeah Sync.
I am still using Jerboa. It's better than before, but still has glitches. I am sticking with it to spite myself.
